Future States

What will become of America in five, 25, or even 50 years? FutureStates is a series of fictional mini-features exploring possible future scenarios through the lens of today's global realities. Immerse yourself in the visions of these independent prognosticators as they project a future of their own imagining.

Episodes

Cast

Fallout

1. Fallout

5th Mar 2010

Los Angeles has fallen victim to a nuclear attack from an unknown aggressor. In the aftermath of the bombing, a young man's search for his girlfriend highlights the human toll of eternal war.

Mister Green

2. Mister Green

5th Mar 2010

In this parable about change, a jaded government undersecretary becomes the unwitting test subject for an experimental program to curb global warming.

PIA

3. PIA

5th Mar 2010

When a woman encounters a wandering service android, she is forced to redefine its conceptions of humanity, relationships, and family.

Play

4. Play

5th Mar 2010

Society’s obsession with video and online gaming has advanced to the point that virtual environments are indistinguishable from physical ones.

Plastic Bag

5. Plastic Bag

5th Mar 2010

Struggling with its immortality, a discarded plastic bag (voiced by Werner Herzog) ventures through the environmentally barren remains of America as it searches for its maker.

Silver Sling

6. Silver Sling

5th Mar 2010

In the near future, corporations offer incentives to their high-ranking female employees to pay for surrogate pregnancies and accelerated births.

Tent City

7. Tent City

5th Mar 2010

A father who makes his living evicting the powerless must choose between his responsibilities and his moral principles.

Tia and Marco

8. Tia and Marco

5th Mar 2010

When a border patrol agent discovers a child hiding in her home, she is forced to question her loyalty to a system of exclusion.

The Rise

9. The Rise

5th Mar 2010

In the housing market of the future, an older couple must forego their dreams and adapt to the ever-evolving definition of the American dream.

Seed

10. Seed

5th Mar 2010

In an industry dominated by genetically modified seeds, a poor farmer struggles to survive by smuggling now-illegal organic seeds.

The Other Side

11. The Other Side

5th Mar 2010

A family struggles to escape a stark economic wasteland in hopes of immigrating illegally to a new land of opportunity.

First air date

5th Mar 2010

Last air date

5th Mar 2010

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks